Top 10 Truly Disturbing Horror Films

I have watched thousands of movies throughout my life and I am one of those folks who enjoys films from every single genre but in particular films that leave their mark on me long after I turn them off.Worth noting I am not a journalist, I am just an average joe who loves film and happens to write about it.

So my views ( bad grammer included ) are very much those of an average film fan just like most of you reading this.That said as much as I am not a writer or critic I do own well over 1,000 horror films and think I know the genre well. Of the films in my collection a few of them are so disturbing that they have stuck with me to this day.

It is also worth noting that I am not a fan of gore and I am not a fan of films like HOSTEL which for me are nothing but torture porn.Gore for the sake of gore does nothing for me but movies with intricate stories and truly disturbing content and messages not only resonate with me but leave me truly terrified.This list is the 10 Most Disturbing films that offer enticing stories, great characters, and most of all a truly terrifying experience.

Blindness:

This movie was not only highly disturbing it was a stunningly well done sci-fi experience. Starring Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo it tells the story of a world that comes apart as literally everyone goes blind.

As the blindness sickness spreads the blind are isolated into make shift camps to prevent the infection from spreading.

The entire film is well done but the most disturbing moments come towards the middle of the film as the infection spreads and society in the ‘concentration camp’ degenerates and victims turn on victims with vicious results. A shocking and fantastic film which every apocalyptic film fan should see.

Jack Ketchum’s The Girl Next Door

: The Girl Next Door is based on a true story and apparently there was another version of the film which starred Ellen Page star of Juno and WHIP IT.

I have no idea who disturbing An American Crime was but Jack Ketchum’s The Girl Next Door was so violent and dark it stayed with me for weeks. The tale of a young girl who is victimized not just by the neighbourhood kids but a brutal woman who lives next door and is filled with hate for her.

The Girl Next Door is graphic and violent but also done within the context of an over arcing and intense story. So where as most films of this nature I would find highly offensive the focus on story telling makes this movie disturbing and emotional and definitely one that will leave you feeling violated.

Frontieres:

It seems for a good dark and disturbing horror film you really need to turn to the French these days. They are not afraid at all of crossing the lines of good taste and brutalizing the main characters in their films.

Frontieres tells the story of a brutal gang of bank robbers who go on the run and run into something much worse than them a sadistic and evil family that is pleased to see them.. and make them their new victims.

Very brutal its a far superior film to High Tension both in disturbing content and depth of character. Very disturbing, very believable it stays with you and certainly will have you grimacing in certain scenes.

Last House on the Left Remake:

Most remakes are very tame. When Wes Craven’s Last House on the Left came out in the 70’s it was considered one of the most disturbing films of its time.

When I heard that Rogue Pictures was doing a remake I really expected your typical watered down PG-13 remake but this film was anything but. Easily as brutal and violent as the original Last House on the Left is a story of pain and suffering with a final call for vengeance.

Easily one of the more brutal films to come out of mainstream studios in a very long time and one of the few remakes that truly does pay homage to the original. Directed by Dennis Iliadis, he has been tapped to direct the remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds and if he can do the same justice for it as he did for Last House on the Left I am sure we will be terrified!

Jack Ketchum’s The Lost:

I have never read a Jack Ketchum book and was not a fan of his before I saw The Girl Next Door but having seen that film I had to see them all. Jack Ketchum’s The Lost also makes my list for the same reasons that The Girl Next Door did it really left a mark.

Where The Girl Next Door left very little to the imagination and actually showed off a lot of its brutality The Lost has the ‘jaws’ effect where a lot of the brutality is implied off-screen which for me made this movie all that more disturbing.

There is a particular scene ripped right from the Manson murders which will surely leave its mark on you. The film tells the story of a psychopathic 20 something who sets out to do what psychotic killers do best. An extremely disturbing tale of young love, murder and brutality.

INSIDE:

I owned Inside for over a year before I finally could muster up the strength to watch it. The film tells the story of a pregnant woman who falls victim to a psycho who wants her baby… whether its ready to come out or not.

I have two children and at the time my youngest was only a month old so I could not stomach the idea of watching this film.

Sufficed to say that when I finally did watch it about a month ago it lived up to what I expected. With the exception of an extremely flawed ending INSIDE is a very disturbing film that lacks the usual clichés in the ‘deranged killer’ genre that has an extremely graphic and brutal ending that much like the films above on this list stayed with me for a long time.

TEETH:

This movie unlike the other films on this list was actually quite humorous but its the kind of movie where one moment you are chuckling at the dark humor and the next minute you are groaning. Especially if you are a male.

Teeth tells the story of Vaginal Dentate and I will let you all google that to figure it out but in a nut shell it’s a story of a young teen girl who has teeth where no girl should have teeth and how her simple and domestic life quickly falls apart.

Spiraling out of control her simple suburban life degrades into a story of violence and revenge. Dark and well written its a film you will chuckle at and wince.

Hard Candy:

Starring Ellen Page this movie much like The Lost relies on the ‘jaws’ effect for most of its terror but it’s still one of the most disturbing films you can see. It tells the story of a young teen who is befriended by an older man with evil intentions.

Things quickly spiral out of control as the young girl played by Ellen Page decides whether she wants to be the victim or the villain. Intense and dark it’s a great thrill ride that twists and turns throughout leaving you wondering who is going to end up the victim and who will survive.

Martyrs:

Martyrs is one of two movies in my entire life that I had to use the fast forward button during. Not because the movie was bad but because the content was so disturbing I literally had to fast forward to keep from being sick.

That being said it is still one of the most intense and intelligent films I have ever seen.

A young girl who was victimized as a youngster sets out with her friend to seek revenge but what starts out as a path of vengeance quickly spirals out of control. A story of vengeance, torture and the human spirit it is easily one of the most disturbing and well done films I have ever seen. Be warned though this will not be an easy one to sit through!

Dead Girl:

Last on my list is Dead Girl but that by no means puts it at the bottom. Dead Girl is a coming of age story about a group of high school boys who discover a woman chained to a bed in an abandoned hospital.What happens next is perverted and vile and sets the course for a confrontation between friends as they try to decide what to do with the ‘Dead Girl’.

Dead girl is extremely hard to watch.It is an intelligent and extremely dark film that is both disturbing and entrancing. I was sent a screener of this movie a year or so before it hit dvd and raved about it and all of my friends who have seen it loved it but agreed it is clearly not for the faint of heart.Having now read my list I encourage you to post your own.

What films scarred you and left you feeling violated while still mesmerizing you with a powerful film making experience?

you are supposed to be commenting the movie choices! no one gives a crap what “Ashley The Nerd” – with fat meat curtains – thinks. perhaps you should take your stupid comments else where along with your large mouth well you get the point!

Actually “Hobo”, gauging the intelligence of the reviewer can assist one in the choices they have made. Coming with personal attacks and poor writing ability also leads me to believe that you yourself are one of limited intelligence. So, please from now on when insulting someone please proof read your comment.

I have seen all the movies on this list except “Frontiers”. I found “Blindness” and “Martyrs” to be excellent films. I was not a big fan of “Hard Candy” and “Dead Girl” I just didn’t believe “Hard Candy” at any time. “Dead Girl” I hate to say boring but I was bored. I would have added “Guinea Pig”, “Old Boy” and the original “Dawn of the Dead” but only because I saw it in 1978 as a young boy and back then that was one disturbing movie.

Agreed, it was a crime/revenge thriller. I don’t think the three octopi (they had to do three takes) wanted to be in that particular movie. That’s one thing I can’t take. I love the movie (and Park Chan-Wook) and own it, seen it at least 8 times but still have to cover my face for that part. I love South Korean crime/revenge movies, even when they get brutal.

I would argue this point with you. Horror, by definition, is an emotion, and anything that evokes this emotion may be listed as “horror”. Old Boy, most definitely falling into this category, is a disturbing film.

Neither Is Blindness but never the less it was disturbing, as was OldBoy I think it would fit very well into a list of disturbing movies list. As for movies that I found disturbing and Hard to watch.
I found Requiem for a dream very disturbing as well as the Human Centipede

I don’t see what the problem is here besides MoonRaker and Ashley the Cunt being a cunt. I had no problem with the grammar or any trouble reading the article. Maybe Ashley should just learn to read better. Also, Grammatical error on Ashley’s part, the The in her name shouldn’t be capitalized ;p

Heil spellcheck!! *Nazi salute*

Great list though, the only one that really peaks my interest is Martyrs because I almost watched it once before while on a quest for carnage. I’ll have to check into it now since your article has peaked my interest.

*facepalm*?? what? because she can’t recognize the choice aptness in the German spelling for “hail” in-line with an implied gesture of matching origin – as clearly asterisked – then separates her weak parrotesque rebuttal and equally feeble and incorrect correction with an immodest and condescending line-break? Give me a break!;

Perhaps it would help if you had looked in a German dictionary, as it is a German word. It does translate to the American English word hail, but nevertheless it is still correct. It is a direct reference to Nazi Germany, and it refers to people who are grammar Nazis.

In this thread: lots of keyboard warriors being overly verbose, trying to prove something known only to themselves.

I enjoyed the article; I got what I wanted from it!
Though I must say Hard Candy is the worst film I have ever seen. It stuck with me purely due to the anger that I’d never get those X minutes of my life back.

I have to agree with you Yazi. It’s meant to give an opinion. The reviewer in no way insinuated that they were a professional writer, just a movie lover. People always get so bitchy, maybe trying to prove something, but they always seem to fail.

Limited intelligence? Funny, because no one uses that sort of vocabulary arrangement unless they are trying to prove they are better than someone, therefore they would spend the extra minutes to proof read their own reply to make sure they seem to be more upper class than that person such as I am doing to you right now at this current moment in time. So stop trying to impress people who don’t actually care, yes I know shocking, and stop making it seem like grammar and spelling means a person is stupid. This is the internet on a fucking article’s comment list, not a fucking essay in school, grammar and spelling doesn’t effect your education or what grade point average you’re going to get. Thanks for reading my comment and hopefully you stop mocking people for being a normal human being. Goodbye.

I’m not sure what you mean by normal people, Maybe if you only hang around people of limited intelligence, you would not hear the term limited intelligence. I always try to communicate clearly and concisely, I’m sorry if you feel that is me trying to prove I’m better than anyone else rather than me trying to be the best me I can. I believe education and life experiences should be considered, I would not give the opinion of my 4 year old the same credence I would give my 28 year old wife. Maybe you would.

ok guy ill give you hard candy wasnt that good, dead girl was alright kinda disturbing for you know F’ing a dead girl over and over again. but then like the other guy said old boy isnt a horror film and the orginal dawn of the dead…the blue faced zombies dont get me wrong i love the movies but i cant be creeped out by a scary version of the blue man group gone crazy. Then you top it off by throwing guinea pig in the mix. i dont know about anyone else but i found about that movie maybe 2004 i think my buddy reallllly hyped it up about 2 years ago i found it on ebay and broght it over my brothers house and a bunch of us watched it. Total fail, i think thats what the kids are saying these days i was so dissapointed i wasnt going give anymore of those films a chance.

its hard to find movies that really disturb you these days, cuz most dont. As horror nerds or fans whatever we have been watching thses movies since we were young. Our minds are warped and mush by now with all the guting, head choping off, raping, bone cracking fun. you want disturbing go watch “jesus camp”, “religulous” ” or “the real world” maybe “the bachelor”.

Oh ya and ashely the nerd if you read this i expect you to find some grammic errors and what not have fun.

I agree with Religious. Bill Maher is a total bonehead idiot. If anyone listens to him and believes what flies out of his useless mouth should have their head examined. Can someone tell me why he is even known to us. Seriously.

OOooooh, Oldboy was an awesome one, but that’s not really a horror movie, more like a drama/action. And which film from the Guinea Pig series? There were 6 or 7 total.One particularly weird one was about a mermaid with a disease.

The Intelligence and grammar are completely irrelevant to this article. This article is based on a single viewers opinion of what (s)he thinks is good and not. Personal opinions are something one decides by oneself and is not subject to intelligence nor grammar.

You use the commenter’s “personal attacks and poor writing ability” to deduct that he’s of limited intelligence, but you neglect the fact you too attack him/her personally by questioning his/her intelligence and writing ability, leaving yourself in the same spotlight as the commenter you question.

To add to that, your grammar has a few flaws as well. When naming people, places, movies, books or anything else that has a name, one only needs to capitalize the first letter in each segment of the name. Quotation marks are not used for this purpose.

I leave you with the same asshole remark you left Hobo.

“…please from now on when insulting someone please proof read your comment.”

Check out Frontiers, will make you do a double take once things start happening. Very….. psychologically abusive to the victims as well as physically. All I will say is, achilles tendon and a bolt cutter. Not just one, but both tendons. And as he performs the “operation” he explains the origins of how he learned it.

Ashley, The writer admitted up front that there were some grammar issues. But, to tell them they had no business writing this, or any article, goes to show that you have no business judging them. Have a nice day!

However, as for the choices of the movies…I’ve not had the stomach to watch horror films. Some scare me about 10 minutes through, while others p*** me off to the point of throwing a large object at the TV. So, I don’t watch horror films…

Few of the comments here have no appreciation for freedom of speech and effort from the person who made these reviews. This is not grammar school. We are talking about horror films. Please learn how to say thank you for the time and effort spent. Get a life
Ashley The Nerd. You certainly give the word nerd a bad name.

Audition absolutely did not suck. It may have been too slow or nuanced for some viewers, but to say it sucked & then to say Orphan is the best horror movie you’ve seen in years is simply revealing yourself to be a teenage boy or someone who thinks like one.

I’m surprised Cannibal Holocaust isn’t on this list. Banned in over 30 countries upon its release for the scenes of animal slaughter and the brutal rape scenes.

I’d also say Requiem For a Dream is a one of the most disturbing films ever made. Watching characters self destruct and lose all control is gruelling, and in that vain I’d also say if you wanted to be disturbed watch the French film In My Skin about a woman who develops a self harming addiction. There is a scene in which she is having a business meeting over lunch, and she takes her knife and starts jabbing at the skin on her arm… from there it snowballs into total self sabotage.

This is a good list of movies, but I really, really think you should read the Bedford Handbook. Your writing is hard to get through with run-on sentences, bad grammar, missing punctuation and plenty of spelling errors. As such of the movies I’m not familiar with I just looked them up on other sites.

I say otherwise. It’s the most overhyped movie ever. None of the rape happens on camera. I’m not quite sure how people can be so disturbed as to warn people not to watch the movie at all when the scenes people claim to be the most disturbing aren’t even in the film. Hearing a baby cry with the inference that it’s being raped doesn’t really bother me and I don’t know how you can sit through any horror movie at all if it bothers you.

Anything that happens on camera is no worse than any of the saw or hostel films.

It sounds as if you are okay with what happens to the baby. So it is only bad to you if you see every detail? Even the thought of it makes it a truly sick film without having to endure shots of it plastered in my face. Sorry, but Saw or Hostel has anything close to that.

What truly made Serbian Film so disturbing is the fact that the first third of the film or so (before it spirals into depravity) could have been a great drama on its own. I thought the story of a retired porn star who returns to the business for one last film (even though the deal is too good to be true) in order to care for his family, made for a great set up. So when things go horrifically wrong, you actually care for him and his family.

Human Centipede wasn’t disturbing IMO. It was so poorly written and acted my wife and I were very disappointed in the squandered opportunity and potential this story could of had. Disturbing? NO! Lame and a waste of your time? YES!

both a serbian film and salo are extremely disturbing, but are not horror films. The list calls for the most disturbing horror films. Therefore Martyrs is probably the most disturbing horror film i’ve ever seen. Also cannibal holocaust, audition, and pretty much anything else from Takashi Miike.

Audition actually didn’t disturb me as much as Martyrs did. I was less shocked in audition, because the cover of the DVD already told me “this film is gonna go to hell sometime soon”. And I’ve watched a bunch of Miike movies since I was 14 (so only 2 years), but I’ve already come to expect the worst from him. I love his films, but I’m not that surprised when everything goes wrong o=o

Thank you; calling ‘A Serbian Film’ a “horror” movie does a disservice to the genre. It is a very disturbing commentary on what men do for money, but it is not a horror film. ‘Martyrs’, however, gave me nightmares for a few days. That movie is what I would call the best horror film of the last 10 years.

A Serbian Film….is a masterful piece of film making. People often speak of the film in a bad way due to a certain scene, what people fail to realize is that the scene was not graphic in content but was more effective because it was implied as to what was occurring. And in my opinion the director conducted an almost genius move when he decided to shoot that scene because most who see that scene use it as a reference point when speaking about the film. A Serbian Film not only was effective it was well written and lead us to one of the most shocking climatic endings ever. But yes A Serbian Film was disturbing…BUT effective, because it’s a film that once you see it, you’ll NEVER forget it, and those who have never seen it will gather the nerve to see it..someday.

Wait, is I Stand Alone by the same director as Irreversible?
Because if that’s the one about “The Butcher” and then the incest, yeah that was pretty creepy, if only because he knew it was hisdaughter. Then again, after watching VisitorQ and Oldboy, I feel that I Stand Alone could have used incest much better. But that’s just me:/

Please proof read your articles more thoroughly before posting. I liked the article and will definitely check out at least a few of these movies, but grammatical errors really make articles like this seem unprofessional.

Human Centipede was pretty bad, but I actually had to turn off the sequel because it was too disgusting. I never turn off a film, but this one had to go. Also, I don’t plan to park in a parking garage for a while.

human centipede was not really disturbing. once you get over being ammused by it it is just a bit boring. I love the shot where they are just laying on there side screaming and you can just hear muffled screams. very iconic

The second movie was the worst pile of crap I have ever seen. It was just an excuse for the director to flesh out the fantasies he had that he did not get to do in the first film. Nothing but a mess. Trying to make it look artsy while just making me think the director needs therapy.

You have the wrong picture for The Girl Next Door. Two movies were made about the horrific true story of Sylvia Likens. The Ellen Page movie was very well acted, spot on. The second film was over the top with the violence.

The Girl Next Door was actually the closest to the book (the real story) of the two. The Ellen Page version played fast and loose with the facts of the case (e.g. playing the older sister who was the worst abuser as sympathetic).

Not really. If female genital mutilation is your thing, though (God I hope not) I can’t think of any other movie that made me (a chick) wince and cross my legs. Maybe this is how guys feel watching “Teeth”. The movie itself, though, is completely terrible. Pretentious. I also got the feeling Lars Von Trier (I don’t respect him enough to look up the correct spelling of his last name) has serious, deep-seated issues with women. I ended up more pissed off than disturbed or haunted.

Antichrist is really a good piece of art horror. It affects everyone who sees it in very different ways, but impacts them all a great deal. A female friend was just totally disturbed and wracked by it, and for a couple days, left in s stupor. I was impacted greatly, but not at all in the same way. The name really is misleading though. Couldn’t be more misleading. It’s a heavily psychological thriller art-film really. There is never any involvement with any antichrist that I got out of it. It will either leave you pissed off afterwards, or kind of dumbfounded. But it’s seriously great at causing an effect. Kind of like the band tool, after listening to it, your mood is definitely impacted.

I was just about to most the same thing. Half or more of the movies are indeed ”torture porn”, which is ironic as the reviewer is apparently against torture porn!

I expected films more along the lines of ‘Hour of The Wolf’ or something cerebral. None of these films are, in my opinion, too disturbing because over the top violence isn’t disturbing… just a tad distracting and cheesy.

I didn’t like them because they are just terrible films all around. Popular doesn’t mean “good,” and neither does obscure. Unfortunately, popular often indicates something more easily digested by larger audiences. In general, the masses are easily entertained.

I agree with you. I am a horror movie junkie, I love everything from the Saw films, to Antichrist. People think their opinions matter. The fact is, disturbing means a lot of different things, and people are disturbed in different ways. I also stop to think, what if this happened to me. That makes the experience a lot more terrifying and I think maybe wanna be movie critics should do the same, because god knows if they got kidnapped and were sent through a serious of tests that tortured them…they would be shitting their pants.

well, this is perhaps the most poorly written story in search of a competent editor I’ve ever read. The writing is so bad it prevents the reader from comprehending, or even caring about the points you’re pathetically trying to make.

I didn’t sleep in my room for a week & a half!! I was young too when I started reading/watching Stephen King. Finished the book…freaked out. Needed to watch the movie, didn’t trust Tim curry for years…Pennywise *shudder*

Human Centipede 2 for sure is by far the sickest movie I have ever seen & I have a depraved mind. Also as far as disgusting human cruelty goes, try I spit on your grave which has a 45 minute rape scene followed by the victims gruesome revenge on the slack jawed hillbillies that attacked her.

I Have to laugh at the amount of times you used the term “things spiral out of control” in almost every summary..I will agree with most of this list though I’ve seen a lot of these films and they are indeed very disturbing and kick ass..

dude your totally wrong about the girl next door. the brutal woman that hates her and tortured her does not live next door. its her aunt and she lives with her. the aunt has her sons and the neighborhood kids tortured her. the reason its called the girl next door is because its told from the point of view of the boy that lived next door to the girl that got tortured,hence the girl next door. Jesus Christ did you even watch the movie???

As far as Hard Candy goes… I got the distinct impression that Ellen Page’s character had the whole thing planned out. There was no “deciding” whether to be a victim or villain. She knew she was never going to be the victim.

YES! That movie was ingrained on my retina’s for days afterwards. Totally brutal and very realistic.
A Serbian Film is probably the most extreme twisted disgusting film I’ve ever seen, though it was a well made movie (ie; not your typical brainless ‘torture porn’). I am still reeling from some of the scenes in that one.

Seriously, where is ‘Salo’? Where is ‘A Serbian Film’? Where is ‘August Underground’? Where is ‘The Devils’? Where is ‘The Entity’. Where is ‘Irreversible’? Where is ‘Funny Games’? You don’t watch many films, do you?

Funny Games had zero impact on me – I thought the whole thing was juvenile and silly, and so obviously trying sooo hard to be edgy and smart (villain talking to camera anyone?). Also a distinct lack of any kind of humour. I have to concur with Salo (couldn’t sit through most of it) and A Serbian Film though.

I don’t know if I would include The Entity, but I think this is more along the lines of what I would consider “disturbing”. I also thought Mean Creek and River’s Edge were disturbing films as well. Though I would probably have to defend my stance on horror, again.

“The Descent” left it’s mark on me first when they showed the accident that killed the main character’s husband and daughter and then towards the end when she imagines celebrating her daughter’s birthday with her.

“The Last Supper” also left it’s mark on me as a group of friends invite one extremist after another to dinner and kill each one in turn thinking that they had done the world a favor. They then “plant” their victims in the backyard and grow tomato plants in the upraised soil. The best tomatoes ever grown! The ending has a bit of poetic justice that will have you wondering “what if….”

“Rest Stop” is freaky as heck and once you’ve seen it you will never stop at one of those places alone again. It was bad enough watching the victims be terrorized by the insane killer at the deserted rest area, but the moments that stuck with me the most were the spirits of the girls who had been previously killed reaching out for help as if they still believed they were alive.

“Wrong Turn: The Beginning” will stick in your mind for a very long time and have you fearing blind lines that can decapitate, being sliced & diced and kept alive as the pieces of your body are cooked and eaten in front of you, other such things that will make your skin crawl and your mind wondering what you would do in such situations.

So, so, so many movies, yet so little room and so little time! I know there are a billion of us who have been impacted differently by various horror movies. Remain afraid!

None of the aforementioned ‘videos’ are movies at all. They are pure violent pornography made to demoralize woman, injure children, and satiate ill-minded pedophiles who have nothing better to do to entertain themselves. Shame on all of you! It sickens me to know that people like you are ‘out there’ searching for more disgusting horror on film. Find something more philanthropic to do with your time please, or go crawl back under your rock and stay there. Also, for you who are interested, I am an English professor at a university. I am appalled by the fact that all you seem to care about is the grammatical prowess of the reviewer. Have you no idea how idiotic you sound to ‘normal’ readers in the world who happen upon this hideous page? God help us all!

You have no right at ALL to say that these are not movies. They are acted, scripted, thought out, and directed. By professionals who work their ass off to get to where they are and to make these films. Just because YOUR mind doesn’t work the same way as theirs doesn’t mean it’s wrong. Hundreds of people were involved in making EACH FILM. They all saw a reason for creating what they did, who knows what it was. There are some pretty messed up books out there too, that a lot of people try to get banned which I also don’t agree with for the same reason.

IT IS ART, IT IS OPINION – you have no right to judge. Go hump the bible some more 😉

You sir, are the one who sounds idiotic. And does claiming (anonymously on the internet) that you are an English Professor at a University somehow make you more qualified to judge? I thinkee not.
Oh and if you don’t like these types of websites, don’t read them.

You sir, are the one who MUST be the idiot to assume that I am a male. Probably due to the fact that I am an English Prof. and I am perusing a disgustingly sexist web-site. I am only browsing because of my inner concern for my two daughters who might want to watch one of these sick movies one day, or who might fall upon this site and begin to read…

Can we draw a distinct line between disturbing “torture porn” and everything else? I for one, love horror movies, but I seriously can’t stand the visceral horror angle *those* movies take. I like being scared, not queasy.

I agree with ilango that Battlefield Earth was one of the most disturbing films of all time.
I do have to say, who gives a crap if the grammar was poorly put together, the guy wrote a list with good explanations of the movies he felt were among the top 10 most disturbing horror films. Then asked for your list, don’t attack someone else’s lists. I wouldn’t dare watch a quarter of these movies any of you have listed, because such graphic horror movies have no point but to satisfy a disgusting need so many have. This list interested me because I was curious to see what movies someone lists as the top 10 most disturbing films.Psychological thrillers are great, but gore porn, as majority of these movies listed are, those are just a plain waste of time. Hard Candy was a good psychological thriller without any gore, that was the beauty of it. It made people cringe by the thought of what was happening when there was nothing actually happening. That is a good horror movie. Watching someones head be put into a microwave or watching people as their raped is pathetic and disgusting and you should be ashamed by enjoying those types of films. Now, let the comment bashing resume.

Agreee times a thousand. Hard Candy was wicked, I see so many people bashing it here, saying it wasn’t scary at all. Um, what?? How is the situation in that movie not terrifying and disgusting on many levels. Then they post that Antichrist is better/actually a horror, and I didn’t find it scary at all. It was filmed amazing and I appreciate it for that reason alone. Also like to take note how many times A Serbian Film has been brought up…that’s just fucked. I can’t believe so many people have even seen that film.

haha seriously people stop bashing this writer for his spelling or grammar or whatever.
mastering a language to where one can communicate decently displays some intelligence – spending time mastering it further shows/proves you have not been intelligent enough to realize that true intelligence is shown in other areas than the study of language. Attempting to be derogatory based on spelling or grammar just highlights that the individual behind the pun is NOT intelligent, simply because he has not realized that no matter how good you are at words it has come through hard work (or thesaurus) and not intelligence. hard work which has been wasted learning (or rather remembering) something “extra” in a field which is completely void past the point where you can communicate normally.
In the real world the most intelligent and innovative people study things that branch out from mathematics – incl. raw mathematics, engineering, economy, physics, chemistry etc etc. You will rarely find them boasting their english skillz anywhere since – rly – who the fack cares about it, and what is the chance that you will find someone who can grasp what you are talking about anyways if you attempt to communicate things that are relevant to your own field ( not counting language ofc 😀 ) .

I have intentionally not capitalized or reread this, because i hope that if you are intelligent you will understand this even with grammatical errors. /rant over

Dead Girl? I work at a dvd store and I’ve never even had the slightest urge to rent it, from what I can gather from customers (none of them have recommended it) it’s a movie about a bunch of guys who find a zombie, have sex with it then decide to pimp the zombie out&kidnap other girls for it to bite so the have more against-their-will prostitute zombies. Am I right?

Agreed. The list is solid. Martyrs goes way beyond torture. Torture is only a tool to reach a higher objective… Actually, its real purpose is deciphered in the very last seconds of the movie, in the words of the infamous old lady (you know, this statement about men not being sensitive enough…). Its extreme sadism, not limited to torturing. Otherwise, I would have added “Inside” and “The Human Centipede” (1 & 2, but mostly the first one) top off the list.

I Spit on Your Grave (the remake) was incredibly disturbing and I still can’t get most of the death scenes out of my head. Am still a little afraid to watch the original. As for the Last House on the Left, I hated it. The rape scene made me lose interest, and as for *SPOILER* killing the last bad guy with the microwave? It was just so stupid that I can’t bring myself to like it.

Rather than
disturbing, many of these films are actually more offensive, than anything
else. This isn’t to say I was personally offended – but the intention is clear.
Shock the audience, twist the knife. Here is a breakdown, in my opinion, of
headliners in more specific categories;

Most Offensive
Film: “A Serbian Film”. It’s not a good film, but I don’t believe it
missed anything which could be conceived as offensive or bad taste. I mean, my
personal opinion was a list was written of awful things which could be in a
film and then they wrote a loose story around it. I’m no prude and I’m still
surprised when presented with the script anyone even wanted to be involved,
cast, crew, and publishers – even the catering team who got a film credit. I
certainly wouldn’t have wanted my company involved.

Most
Disgusting Film: “August Underground – Mordum”. Although there are
many ‘super-gore’ films such as “Tokyo Gore Police”, AU-M is actually
‘disgusting’. Live vomiting, sweaty, dirty, infectious looking filth. Terribly
boring unless you get off on this kind of thing.

Most
Depraved Film: “Dead Girl”. Once again, open to interpretation. As
are all films. Personally I see this as a sordid little masturbatory aid. I
have a lot of respect for women and have no trouble getting women so the
concept of ‘interacting with a dying female body’ is a little lost on me. The
story and interaction between characters is actually quite good and some genuinely
intense scenes.

Most
Shocking Film: “Martyrs”. Not the most violent or gory as such – but
for cold, hard knocks it’s stand-out. Again, maybe it’s interpretation – I
struggle with female battery – but the sound used, the bluntness of scenes –
it’s a very stark, clinically brutal film.

Most
Artistic Horror Film: “Antichrist”. Believe me in no way is that
title a compliment. This film was just terrible. I find it remarkable how
people continue to battle for deeper meanings and artistic merit in films which
are nothing more than an assembly of shocking scene with little purpose. It’s
my opinion, which you may feel is wrong, but I just found the whole thing
tiresome, predictable and pointless. It’s literally only notorious for the
“erect penis in shower scene with penetration”. Without that, it
would have faded to history with all the other art house porno.

Most Obscure
Film: “Gozu”. It’s been a while since I last saw this but as far as I
can remember it’s fairly obscure with some strange scene. If I remember the
ending correctly – it’s, obscure. It’s worth a watch, I remember being hooked.

Most ‘Splattertastic’
Film: “Tokyo Gore Police”. I have to add this, with the novelty title, because
it’s just bonkers. Its good fun, don’t take it seriously and it’ll keep you saying
“Oh f*ck, what next?!” followed by a laugh. So much gooey, tendon strew, blood
soaked gore. Everything some giant fleshy penis canon’s to half beautiful
strippers half crocodile women.

I was a horror lover until recently. Just hate the cookie cutter movies, gore for no reason, no plot twists. I would classify these as thrillers, or perhaps suspense gore (if that could be named that). I have to say The Exorcist scared me to death. Growing up Catholic I had a fear from the start. My mom wouldn’t allow it in the house so I rented it. I still will not watch it, just can’t do it. Once was plenty enough for me. Before that, “IT” because I have a fear of clowns & just finished reading the book. I will say in regards to the Saw argument, I wound up watching (because nothing was on) the first one. While I wasn’t scared I found it interesting. At least it held my attention. I don’t run out & go see them but I do like to give a movie an honest chance. The thing about horror is there is no clear cut requirements like documentaries, comedy, romance. Plus it is all based on you the person. You might be scared of Paranormal Activity…I think it’s beyond stupid. You may have been able to watch IT, I had nightmares for weeks! Saying someone is an idiot because their fears or disturbances don’t match your own is rather closed minded. Just my opinion.

Why do we horror film addicts always have to be so angry?? LOL! I think the choices are pretty good (especially if we take time to emmerse ourselves in the concepts), but regardless, what about the crazy idea that we just see if there are any films that we haven’t seen and decide if we want to see them? Weird. I know.

A Serbian Film, and Human centipede (especially no. 2), and Irreversible are the only films I have seen that have made me feel physically ill. and even though it’s not a horror, Bad Boy Bubby sure is messed up, but funny as hehe.

obvious feeling on watching horrible movies are defined as terrifying, thrilling. It could be shown mostly as urgent moments. As example on above, blindness is clearly showing its. The movie that i impressed is called ” Deranged”. Which is Korean movie. I recommend to cause of similarity with blindness.

Good list indeed. Agree with Martyrs and Inside. Still want to see Frontiers. The French sure knows how to stick it to you. Cannibal Holocaust left an impression – sure, it’s low-budget and cheesy in a way and I deplore the killing of real animals by the filmmakers, but the film was well-done for its genre and the killings really were realistic and well-done. Kairo (Pulse), Japanese movie by kiyoshi Kurosawa (fave director) also really disturbed me and left me depressed as hell. Brilliant horror movie though, one of the best. No gore, but scary as all hell and some really dark, depressing concepts. I’ve heard of some disturbing stuff like Salo or A Serbian Film, but I think I’ll avoid them. What I’ve gleaned from the coverage, these films crossed the line (C’mon, there must be a line) Raping babies? Uh, no thanks.
Also, Michael Haneke’s Funny Games (original). Wow, it left me gazing at the screen stunned into zombie-like immobility while the end credits rolled. Not only disturbing in content (a young boy is mercilessly dispatched and the whole film just stops for a while as if it itself is in deep shock) but disturbing in how it implicates us, the viewers, for watching these depraved things. Why do we do it?, Michael Haneke asks. Where does this Schadenfraude comes from?
These games were definitely not funny.
Also, Audition by Takashi Miike. It’ll put you off dating FOREVER! Kiri, kiri, kiri!
I felt the need to hug a teddy bear after watching this nightmare from hell.

Meghan is Missing… O_O The beginning is pretty boring and you hate all the characters, but the ending is intense. I’ll admit I’m pretty faint of heart, but if that movie doesn’t leave you feeling perverted for just watching, you’ve either watched real snuff films or you’re a psychopath. Incredible themes, and even after how scarred it left me, it will definitely be in my bag of tricks should my children someday act like Meghan.

The human centipede. I got absolutely nothing out of watching that movie. No entertainment, it’s just a screwed up movie. I’m a 16 year old boy btw, not some middle aged Mum. I’d never recommend it to anyone, but that’s one disturbing film.

TEETH: ”
Vaginal Dentate” should be “Vagina Dentata.” Don’t put up a post without making sure that you’re actually using a term, used in the movie, correctly. “Vaginal Dentate” makes me think of a Dental Dam. Vagina Dentata makes me think of a vagina with TEETH.

While A Serbian Film is quite graphic, I have to say I was somewhat disappointed. I think it was built up too much before I watched it. I was expecting more. It is very well done however, which was a pleasant surprise.

I loved the new Last House on the Left <3 I enjoyed the 70's version, and really thought I would be disappointed [SPOILERS] by the fact that they let the character of Mari survive in the remake.. But it turned out to be incredible! They kept enough of the original story to satisfy me while also adding some truly awesome brutal scenes, such as Krug getting his head blown off in a microwave! xD I will agree with the writer of this article on this film being disturbing, just because of the head in the microwave.. That's just insanely disturbing. (:
Teeth wasn't disturbing =p I don't know… Maybe I'm a weirdo… But even though I enjoyed the film for it's originality I really don't think I would call it disturbing. Unless you're a male… Then it might freak you out a lot…And also I kinda liked Hard Candy. It took me three or four times to make it through, but there was something irresistible about the twist of the young girl turning on the older predator of a man. The ONLY reason she would call it disturbing is because the guy gets castrated =p I've got at least 5 movies in which men get castrated… Actually, all the ones I've commented on it this post have castration involved! Not the remake of Last House on the Left, but the 70's original 😉
Sorry, I love horror movies and had to put my take in. The only one I really agree with is Last House on the Left =p

@d462d89b2c502c5ed3b01991fe327a23:disqus Oh my god get over yourself. why can’t you just read the article and and go on to the next one like most people. who gives a fuck? well i guess obviously you do but there isn’t much i can do about that. i know your type. the sarcastic arrogant asshole type that says shit like “i’m just trying to be the best me that i can be.” even though its in written text i can still see you’re trying to be an asshole and use a condescending tone. you shouldn’t think so highly of yourself. i hope one of these days someone knocks you down a few pegs so you can see yourself as a person and not the god you seem to think you are. you should try getting off your high horse more often that way you can realize your not actually on a higher level than everyone else. try not being such a dick, then maybe more people could stand being around you and you wouldn’t be such an annoying bore

I’ve seen the Last House on the Left remake, I can definitely say it deserves to be on this list, it disturbed me so much I could hardly watch the whole thing, and that never happens when I watch creepy movies!

I’ll probably get laughed at, but “Event Horizon” disturbed me more than any other movie. The idea of a hell dimension is horrifying to me. Nice to see someone mention “In My Skin”. I own it–the French know how to do horror. Also “The Piano Teacher”–it’s a drama, but makes you sad in a way few other movies can. Salo was interesting, but the Fascism element is often overlooked, as is the fact that Passolini was murdered shortly after making the film, possibly FOR making the film.
Surprised to see no mention of “Men Behind the Sun”. I don’t think I can ever bring myself to watch that.
Also if we want to get a little more obscure “Little Otik”, “Cannibal”, “Repulsion”, “The Tenet”.
“Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer” deserves a mention too.
Furthermore, if we want to talk about just plain disturbing “Happiness” and “Sweet Movie” deserve to be mentioned.
Loving your suggestions!

You want disturbing? Try watching “Red, White and Blue”. Starts off as a really odd character study of some small-town lower middle class rednecks and veers into something so dark and violent that I almost couldn’t watch it…and I’ve been doing horror for five decades, so I’ve seen it all. The very last shot of the movie is a stunner, well worth a rental.

Really nice selection. I agree that some of these are really disturbing. I had to fast-forward on Martyrs, too. Thanks for the reviews and don’t mind the “purists”. This is your page and us, the viewers should be thankful rather than checking your spelling and grammar. Be grateful folks, life is too short to be condescending of others. Be thankful for what is freely given. – M. Hauptman. Cardiff, Wales

Martyrs was in no way intelligent, it was torture porn at it’s finest with an ending so ridiculous it tricks you into thinking it actually makes sense. Hard Candy was hardly disturbing especially when you bump the likes of A Serbian Film from the list which is possibly one of the most disturbing movies EVER… Don’t even let me start on some of the Japanese classic horrors. I vote to rename the list to ’10 Truly Disturbing Horror Films’ as it’s far from the Top of lot.

Definitely a good list. I have watched all of the movies and I concur with the selection. True, Martyrs and Frontieres are top choices, they definitely fit the definition of “excellent movies that nobody can possibly love”. I would possibly have added “The Devil’s Rejects” to this list, although it is slighlty off-centered, topic-wise. A “Serbian Movie” would belong to the list too.

Irreversible (2002)– You mentioned the French do not seem to have any boundaries when it comes to creating truly disturbing cinema. This movie has stayed with me, and I watched it months ago. It has two famous scenes (one with a fire extinguisher and one with a rape) that will be indelibly etched into your mind.

This entire list was written by a woman wasn’t it??? I’m not a womanizer or anything like that, but i don’t believe he/she hasn’t seen enough horror to compile a list of this subject. What about “Seed” or the already mentioned “Serbian Film”? I do agree w/ “Teeth” as any male who’s seen the film will attest to. That shit’s just wrong

Seed did have 1 scene that I still remember, but it was a long time ago so it might not be 100% accurate **Death Scene Spoiler** A guy was tied to a chair and the main “villian” was bashing his face with a hammer **End Spoiler** I thought that scene was very well made

My most disturbing movie was Cannabal Holocaust, which was like watching a snuff film, especially the senseless killing of animals, which HAD to be real, and one of the reasons it was banned. Made no sense, not scary, just made me nauseous.

Unfortunately, yes, the animal killings in Cannibal holocaust were real. From wikipedia :”Many of the censorship issues with Cannibal Holocaust concern the on-screen killings of animals, which remains a major issue today. Deodato himself has condemned his past actions,[9] saying “I was stupid to introduce animals.”[37] Seven animals were killed during the film’s production, six of which are seen on screen:[1]
A coatimundi (mistaken as a muskrat in the film) is killed with a knife.A large turtle is captured in the water and dragged to shore, where it is then decapitated and its limbs, shell, and entrails are removed. The actors proceed to cook and eat the turtle.A large spider is killed with a machete.A snake is killed with a machete.A squirrel monkey has the top of its skull chopped off with a machete.A pig is kicked twice and then shot in the head with a shotgun at close range.”

I rather liked Deadgirl, I find most horror movies have disappointing endings, at least for me, and i loved Deadgirl’s ending, because its predicated on the fact that the protagonist didnt learn his lesson, or rather, in a sick sort of way, he DID. Also loved Hard Candy, now my favorite Ellen Paige movie, mostly because I’ve always wanted to see her play a psychopath, and she did so very well.

If The Girl Next Door is an alternate version of An American Crime then it is in fact based on the true story of the torture and death of a young teen, Sylvia Likens. Highly emotional to watch when you realize that most of what is showed in American Crime actually happened in real life.

An American Crime was a very disturbing movie because it is based on a true crime story. The Girl next door is a knockoff of that movie and less disturbing to me because it veers away from the true story line created in the actual crime committed.

If you’re in the mood for a great foreign film, there’s an awesome Korean film called “Old Boy”. It’s a story of loss, revenge, and a very interesting story. I can’t say anymore about this movie without revealing the REAL story going on (because that’s the whole mystery behind it), but when I took this movie to work a co-worker asked to borrow it, and then another, and then another, each one ranting and raving about how crazy and amazing the movie was! Needless to say, I didn’t get my DVD back for a whole month with it constantly being borrowed!! Definitely check this one out if you like action, gore, and an amazing story too!

High Tension. It was originally French, but it is one of the best dubbed movies I have ever had the pleasure AND displeasure of watching! It’s quiet disturbing, but also beautiful in it’s own sick and demented way. You should definitely give it a try.

“Jack Ketchum’s The Girl Next Door” is based on the horrific murder of Sylvia Likens… The movie is far more tame in relation to what really happened to her; it was horrifying. Probably the most extreme torture since the Inquisition – that poor, poor girl. Look up her name in Google…

Deadgirl sounds intriguing. I am definitely going to check that one out. A great list, by the way. I’m a fan of the horror genre and it’s not all about spooks and scares. Aside from what goes bump in the night, a film that can incorporate moral and ethical views INTELLIGENTLY can really be frieghtening.

Good list. “Martyrs” is among the most brutal movies I’ve ever seen, and it’s not only disturbing, but excelent. “A Serbian Film” is even more brutal as other commenters correctly say, although for me it’s still below the first 15 minutes of “Irreversible” and the turtle scene in “Cannibal Holocaust”.

two movies that creeped me out were “BLUE VELVET” and “BUG” i two absolutely outstanding examples of what could actually happen when a person with serious mental issues self medicates with the wrong stuff, staring two great actors too

I agree Hard Candy is disturbing especially for a guy, but on the other hand the situation is quite different from “evil person inflicts horrible suffering”, as in most of these. I also think it was a good movie. My nominee for the list “Sick Girl”. In addition to the story as disturbing, I think a plus for it is the actress nailed the personality of a socio or psychopathic person as they really are, not always as movies portray them. Of course many such people are not even criminals, let alone what she does.

the ending of Martyrs still creeps me out to this day. I haven’t been able to watch it again. I could stand Inside a bit more the second time around just because I was able to laugh at the absurdity. Great list.

I’ve only seen a couple of these and will have to check them out. Two of the most disturbing movies I have ever seen are “Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer” and “Jacob”s Ladder”. The first had a really bad scene where they are video taping themselves killing and raping a women when her son walks in and once he realizes what is happening tries to run away but it caught before he can make it to the door. That scene stayed with me for years. Javob’s Ladder was more mainsteam and a great story, but some of the scenes, especially his hallucinations in a Brooklyn VA hospital are disturbing. I had to warn my room-mate at the time whenever I planned to watch it as she refused to be in the house when I did.

If you actually just watch Hostel you’ll realise that Eli Roth is highlighting societies morbid fascination with death, terror and ”torture porn” as you call it for no other reason that power, money and entertainment. Alot of people heard people complain about it being just another meaningless gory film but I for one loved seeing someone do something in the backpacker genre. And as Eli Roth says in the making of the film, ”If you dont believe things like this are actually happening in the world, you are very, very wrong.”

Wow … I just watched Blindness and I have to say that it’s a beautiful movie. It has absolutely everything love, betrayal, heartache, fear, and hope. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a movie that can show the true nature of humanity at it’s worst and at it’s finest. I highly recommend this movie.

What about Man Bites Dog? I found that movie to be one of the most disturbing films I’ve ever seen. Because of the cavalier attitude of the lead role that prevails throughout, and the sense of doubt that it is “just a film” that seriously starts to hit you about two thirds of the way in, this movie will stick with me (and many others I know who have watched it) for years to come.
I do appreciate this list since I haven’t seen most of the films on it and I’m always looking for “disturbing” content to peruse. I also like all the suggestions given by the commenter’s although I’ve seen a lot of those films and do not find many of them all that disturbing even though they routinely land on “Most Disturbing” lists.

A serbian film is so over rated. Yeah it’s pretty gross, but the story is actually fantastic, and you don’t get bored with it.
As for Salo (120 days of sodom), if you enjoy your disturbing movies, this is totally for you. Truly shocking.
And also, Men behind the sun is pretty messed up.

To all the grammar Nazis out there who want to pick on the writer of the article (and so many of us posters also) because of his self proclaimed terrible grammar, as well as his admitted absence of writing qualifications, I say “FUCK STRAIGHT OFF!! Better luck passing your English class next semester you fucking losers. I truly hope you never make enough money to pay off your student loans and eventually go mad and kill yourself in ‘Grand Headline Fashion’ as a result of realizing that that alone will be the only way you will ever do anything good for humanity or society at large.” To the rest of you I say watch Man Bites Dog because of the way it kind of leaves you wondering if it’s just a film or if it’s real. I found it to be a film that will stick with you long after you watch it.

They sound so disturbingly good I wont see any. Well, except for Teeth. Been wanting to see that one since the trailer came out in 07, and Hard Candy I had already seen. I love that movie. But yeah, everything else I won’t see.I get nightmares so easily. So not cool.

o.O the fact that the person writing this found Hard Candy to be one of the most disturbing films, should be a sign to us all that they have no idea what they are talking about. Hard Candy is a great movie, well acted and well done, but to stay it is “disturbing” is a far, far stretch. Also TLHOTL remake, beautifully done remake but not all that disturbing. More or less, just a perfectly done horror movie. This person’s level of disturbing is pathetic and whimpy at best. Calling Hostel “torture porn”- obviously they missed the basic part of what made Hostel disturbing and terribly brilliant… the fact that yes, it COULD happen. Worst yet, it probably does.

The Exorcist was the most disturbing film I’ve ever seen and I only saw the watered down version on regular TV. I can’t bring myself to watch the one that is uncut. I would never be able to sleep alone again!

“What films scarred you and left you feeling violated while still mesmerizing you with a powerful film making experience?”

The Wedding Planner, 27 Dresses, Monster-in-Law. All extremely frightening scenarios dealing with the worst thing that can happen to a man. These films and others like it are also typically told from the point of view not of the victim, but the villain, giving you a first-hand look into the mind of the deranged.

Maybe that rape scene will pleasure that sick little wannabe psychopath giggles who dosent bother babys being raped just after being concived because it’s just on film but hey, who am i to judge… but sorry giggles it’s no baby being raped as you like it, it’s Monica Bellucci and that is more epiclly disturbing! .gone

“A House of a Thousand Corpses” …. the bad guys… the torture, their
behavior. It stayed with me…. not the best horror flix but for a
movie to replay in your mind. The movie is over and you still think
about certain scenes. Not all horror movies can do that. “The
Exorcist” too.

“The Girl Next Door” is horribly inaccurate to what the true story of Sylvia Likens. “An American Crime” is far more accurate and as a viewer, for me that is disturbing knowing how close that version is to the actual events.

“The Girl Next Door” is horribly inaccurate to what the true story of Sylvia Likens. “An American Crime” is far more accurate and as a viewer, for me that is disturbing knowing how close that version is to the actual events.

There’s a little novel titled The Hurricane Party written by Chuck Morgue. If this were ever made into a movie, it would go on this pretty fast. Go read it, and just remember “eye socket” that’s all I will say LOL

The Poughkeepsie Tapes, I don’t know if you’d class it as a horror, or what, but that scared the shit out of me, knowing that it happened, and knowing that the murderer/kidnapper is still alive and out there.

The Poughkeepsie Tapes, I don’t know if you’d class it as a horror, or what, but that scared the shit out of me, knowing that it happened, and knowing that the murderer/kidnapper is still alive and out there.

Anyone labeling ‘A Serbian Film’ as a “horror” film is incorrect, and it does a disservice to the genre. It is social commentary disguised as a film with increasingly disturbing and depraved elements, but it is not a “horror” movie. “Martyrs” and “Inside” are disturbing horror films that will cause lack of sleep in most sane adults. I have seen every movie on this list and I could not agree more with each every position. Good job!

The Girl Next Door, Irreversible, The Last House on the Left (remake), regarding sexual assaults. Those films just sickened me, I still have nightmares about the rapes. The Saw films are pretty disturbing too.

I have only seen a couple of these (I keep putting off Martyrs because of what I have heard). Dead Girl was definitely not disturbing (IMO of course). I gave that one a 4 on IMDb because it was so dull. One I found disturbing was “Megan is Missing.” The only movie I couldn’t finish due to the “final 22 minutes.” To each their own though

Loved the list and need to add The Lost & Dead Girl to my list. While I find Martyr’s to be the most vicious movie I’ve ever watched, I’d have to say Old Boy stayed with me longer than any movie. I know it’s not a horror movie, but neither is Blindness. MY list for just plain disturbing would have to include Wolf Creek. The final few minutes is awful to watch and the grittiness of he filming made it horrible. One could debate the horror merits, but the final ten minutes of Antichrist is horrific in ways I never thought imaginable in a mainnstream movie. Stayed with me for days

Don’t forget popular movies too. Maybe not disturbing throughout but who could forget the ending of “The Mist”. Who could say they didn’t view swimming in the ocean a little different after seeing “Jaws”?

I thought pretty much everything about Teeth stunk out loud, with the exception of the song over the credits, Chuck Prophet’s “You Did.” So, tho I hate the movie itself (maybe you have to be male to find it disturbing), I’ll be forever grateful to it for introducing me to the terrific & offbeat music of Chuck Prophet. Ya sometimes find gold nuggets in the weirdest piles of sewage….

Hard Candy is amazing–extremely disturbing, and perfectly showcasing Ellen Page’s huge talent. Speaking of Ellen Page, An American Crime, which you mention in your description of The Girl Next Door, is also awesome. That it’s based on a true story (and having researched the true story itself, it appears the movie is spot-on) is mind-blowing enough, but Catherine Keener plays “coo-coo for cocoa puffs” extremely well, and Ellen Page is 100% convincing as her victim. A must-watch–you won’t be disappointed.

I would add The Strangers to this list–the final line from one of the killers is particularly chilling . . .

LOVE french horror films!! Must see it. High Tension scared the ever loving crap out of me lol.
But…the REMAKE of Last House On The Left??? It doesn’t even hold a candle to the original, IMO. Brutal and intense, yes. But simply not as disturbing and effed up as the original.

U people crack me up, with ur condescending arrogant responses. Who gives a s**t if someone messed up their spelling, or didn’t use BIG words? R u not smart enough to get the point? Who r u trying to impress? In my opinion, which at least I understand is minuscule, ur losers for taking this so seriously. I was bored, so I actually read some of the comments, n I was reminded y I usually skip them. Using big words, n criticizing other people’s faults by mocking them show just how pathetic u r. True, this is a stage for opinions, but some of u take it to another level. Get a life, or better yet, become professors of language arts, n stop trying to mock others on comment sections. Sad! move outta ur moms homes, n get jobs, ya bums. By the way, I have a phd in SYKALOGEE, so I don’t have to prove nutin, or SPELL nutin right….. Losers!!!